Party & Programme > Democratic centralism
The long view
29 Mar 2012
Communists must be patient, writes Paul Demarty, avoiding the twins of opportunism and adventurism
Majority rights and minority duties
19 Jul 2007
It is irresponsible to threaten to walk out simply because one finds oneself in a minority, says Eddie Ford
Unity in diversity
11 May 2006
How does the concept of the united front fit into the struggle for a Communist Party? Mike Macnair continues his examination of strategy
You're out, comrade X!
23 Mar 2006
No names
23 Mar 2006
Wrong thoughts
23 Mar 2006
Martin Smith and his telephone expulsion
23 Mar 2006
As the latest case shows, any member who dares to question the Socialist Workers' Party's political trajectory faces expulsion by telephone. Martin Smith's regime is a disgrace and discredits the left in general, writes SW Kenning
Revolutionary strategy and Marxist conclusions
23 Feb 2006
In the second in a series of articles, Mike Macnair continues his examination of right-moving Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists and the response of the SWP's Alex Callinicos
Floundering towards Eurocommunism
16 Feb 2006
While Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire theorists flounder towards Eurocommunism, the SWP's Alex Callinicos can only answer them with evasion. In the first of two articles, Mike Macnair discusses revolutionary strategy
Security, control and principled debate
02 Feb 2006
Does our paper's fight for transparency in the workers' movement play games with "people's lives and livelihoods"? The letter below from Mike Davies, a member of the left nationalist group, Cymru Goch, makes that charge. Mark Fischer replies
A modest proposal
15 Jan 2004
Manny Neira calls for a review of the democratic centralism practised by our organisation
No expulsions
08 Jan 2004
Anne Mc Shane of the Socialist Alliance appeals committee welcomes the long overdue dropping of all charges against the Bedfordshire two
Collapsing democratic centralism
11 Dec 2003
The following statement was issued by John Pearson before his expulsion. Despite his fulsome apologies he makes clear his intention to continue voting against CPGB positions. He would do so either when he claimed not to have received "prior notice" or under cover of a mandate from Stockport Socialist Alliance
Rhetoric and hot air
20 Nov 2003
European Social Forum: Too much hot air
Democrats form platform
12 Nov 2003
Some 30 people - varying over the course of the day - met in Birmingham on Saturday November 8 to form a Democracy platform in the Socialist Alliance. Mike Macnair reports
Overturn party ban
12 Nov 2003
The participation of political parties has become one of the most controversial issues within the ESF, says Tina Becker